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I would recommend renting lenses before you buy them. Since the working style of LF is different you may not use the same lenses that you use in 35mm. I have a 150mm 4x5 lens and I do EVERYTHING...

KHB Photographix, Henry's, Downtown Camera or Vistek probably have used 4x5 enlargers. Check them out in downtown Toronto.

The problem with a leather bellows is care and maintenance. If it dries out or is exposed to the really harsh elements it will be damaged. Syn is just plastic. I don't have to treat my camera...

My friend has a really old enlarger. Its the Omega D series. It looks like a do uble condenser enlarger. Both condensers are in a metal tube and it does not lo ok like its meant to be move easily...

Hello Ellis,

I like the images you made. I understand that you are a generalist in photography. The work shows your skill, experience, professionalism and vision. If you want to take your...

Hello Ellis,

Oh Canada,

I am in Toronto and I shoot a beloved A-S Discovery. I got it from Amplis when they use to sell A-S directly to photographers. From now on I am going to buy LF gear from...

I would consider the Rodenstock Sironar S 150mm f/5.6. I use it for everything. I know its suppose to shot at infinity but close up it does work. Its a modern compact lens that has a lot of...

Two guys on this board got Ebony cameras for Christmas. They owe their wives bi g time. My Dad buys all my gear for me. I am still in school and I am grateful for the "funding". Please tell me...

Grey Wolf,

You owe your wife big time. I don't mean a material gift. You have to do even more chores around the house and take her out every week. That should pay for an Ebony...oops I forget...

Vision is needed for photography. Its hard to get somewhere when you don't know where you want to go. Stieglitz may have not conceived of the idea before he photographed the ship but an idea has...

I used LF cameras in my university photography program. The cameras were the worst cameras in the known universe. The really old MPPs and Cambos. I kept on reading photography books and...

I am working on my current project and I am using colour, light and motion to do cument my school. I am using an A-S Discovery,150mm lens, Tungsten Halogen clam p lights and long exposures of moving...

Robert White sells it for a little cheaper for non-Americans. The head probably won't make it to Canada because its a high end, low demand product. Only a few would probably get sold a year. I...

I've asked sales people but I just want to make sure...the Manfrotto 3275 Geared Head CAN fit on the Gitzo CF 1325 tripod? The head has two inch plate on the b ottom but needs to be clear of the...

Don't tell anyone you use colour print film that our little secret. Everybody thinks you need to print slides but of course our prints prove people wrong. It is bad to be a factory but a...

The Phillips 4x5 camera has been out for a while. What do people think of it? Oren Grad has a good review at the phototechmag.com site. Anyone care to give a n opinion? How does it compare with...

Well its for sell at the badger graphic website! It only cost $1300 but its sou nds really good! Anybody with some loose change buy it and tell us how it is!

You can learn all that stuff by buying a 4x5 camera and a digital back. You should assist a commerical photographer in your hometown. If you want to come to Toronto. Ryerson, Humber and Sheridan...

I am doing large format portraiture and I realize my pictures aren't very good. I know what large format is good for. However my posed environmental pictures of people are 4x5 snapshots. I know...

You don't need gearing on the Arca Swiss Discovery. The camera is so smooth that small changes can be made quickly. I never focus with the front standard so I don't care about gearing. I just...

Good thing you guys got some good service. I didn't have a good experience. I wanted some simple locking rings because my H600 backpacker tripod likes popping them off. They couldn't afford ...

I only make prints from NPL but my teacher routinely makes trannies from NPL. He uses NPL when he has many light sources that he can't correct. I'm looking at my NPL contact sheets. I mix...

Well I like the name "Discovery" more than "F-Line basic". The differences are slight. The Discovery comes with a nice semi-rigid case (the strap is good for shoulder carrying but not...

What are YOUR favourite lenses (mainly 4x5) for shooting interiors and architect ure. I am interested in what lenses do you use and the percentage of usage. Fo r example Norm McGrath says he uses...

You can buy Arca-Swiss and Schneider lenses from Amplis up in Markham. Really nice people and you can actually see the stuff in person. Unlike Rudtek which hardly stock anything. Sinar is...

Sorry John but I have to agree with Al. I would have to say shooting Polaroid Type 55 should be a required for LF. I had trouble understanding all the theory about LF movements but looking at a ...

Bob, Julio lives in CANADA. So please stop saying you would send him anything. The US postal services is so expensive especially with the weak American dollar that you can't mail up there. ...

<pre/> >Has anyone seen a LF archivable ink jet printer that can truly rival >darkroom quality prints?

Iris or Giclee prints are pigment based inkjet outputs are some of the best prints I have...

Dear Jeff, You have my mailing address right? Well I thought Sexton other books were ok. I impressed so far with the images that I saw in magazines and Amazon.com from Places of Power. I love...

So I guess people know the fireworks about Pyro. Well we know it goes well with FP4+ and HP5+. However is the long exposure characteristics of T-Max the main reason why people use it?

So I got my one camera and one lens (which is the only lens I will be using for the next two years at least). Now I want to know what YOU would use as your one film and one developer for life (any...

Dear David, As a fellow namesake and toronto university student I am going to give you my honest and expensive opinion, get something more powerful than a Vivitar. Those 283 and 285 are only going...

Dear David,

I agree with the rule; pick your favourite focal length in 35mm and go from there. Another poster here uses a Tachihara (Adorama camera is the cheaspest but www.mpex.com are nicer people) with a...

I want how YOU bracket exposures of nature, still life, interiors and architectu re. Please no "You should know how to meter." I do know how to meter. However studio and interiors photographs...

I have the Ries H600 Backpacker Tripod. I highly recommend that you buy Ries tripods from Badger Graphic. E-mail Jeff at info@badgergraphic.com. Their little website is www.badgergraphic.com. ...

It just doesn't work, if the battery is dead.

Of course there is extension rail and brackets available for the Arca-Swiss Discovery. Since all the parts are interchangeable the F-Line Rail should work with the Discovery standards (however I ...

First rule avoid Vistek. While I do get overpriced stuff there. In the past the service has been apathetic. Most pros have a bad Vistek stories. Instead you walk down the Queen westbound until...